Yemen leader: Tribesmen, officials help al-Qaida
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Yemen's president says some tribal chiefs and government officials are helping al-Qaida fighters hide after the military defeated the militants in the country's south.
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi says "there are tribal chiefs and senior officials who are covering-up for al-Qaida figures" in Abyan and Shabwa provinces and "impeding security measures to arrest them."
Hadi spoke to lawmakers and senior officials Sunday night. He did not name any suspects.
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Hadi took over after former President Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in February following a U.S.-backed power transfer deal to resolve the country's crisis.
Yemen has been wracked by political turmoil that followed last year's popular uprising against Saleh's rule and an al-Qaida insurgency that captured large swathes of land in the south.